First residence permits — education

In 2022, Ireland's first residence permits increased by 184.1% compared to 2021, reaching 41,506.

Ireland accounts for 8.8% of the EU-27 total of 470,057.

Ireland ranks 4th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 50.4% (from 27,588 in 2017).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.